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And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them.

I wanted a participation song, something the fans could latch on to. It was aimed at the masses. I wanted to write something that everyone could sing along to, like a football chant. And at the same time, I thought it would be nice to have a winning song that's meant for everybody. It worked a treat.

I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs.

A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That's the kind of world I live in. It's very sort of flamboyant, and that's the kind of way I write. I love it.

I just want to write songs in my little corner. And I still love music, I've not been worn down by cynicism.

My rights, my wrongs, I write 'til I'm right with God.

Build your own pyramids, write your own hieroglyphs.

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.

John could write a mean song. He had a lot of venom in him. Whereas I had a happy childhood.

I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.

I used to write random little stupid things when I was five, but then the first song I really wrote was one called 'Fingers Crossed,' which is on SoundCloud.

I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.

Sam Phillips asked me to go write a love song, or maybe a bitter weeper. So I wrote a song called, "Cry Cry Cry," went back in and recorded that for the other side of the record.

I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.

The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will become. It's just kind of like the facts of life; the practice makes perfect thing. Keep your fingers crossed, start from the bottom and work your way up.

I would say, you can never do enough gigs and you can never do enough songs. Make sure that every opportunity you can, play a show and every opportunity you can, write a song.

You just don't wake up one day and decide that you need to write songs.

I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.

They'd like to use my tunes for different beer companies and perfumes and automobiles. I get approached on all that stuff. But, shit, I didn't write them for that reason. That's never been my scene.

You don't necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some people work in gas stations and they're poets. I don't call myself a poet because I don't like the word. I'm a trapeze artist.